Why is Our Public Discourse Aping Shock Jock Talk Radio?
Glen Pearson
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Posted 07.07.2012
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I was in a meeting recently in which an MP accused the government and Stephen Harper of being "evil" and "the enemy." I have heard the Prime Minister use that language himself on more than one occasion. The hurling of insults across the aisle of Parliament has now become a pandemic -- no respect, no dignity, no results.
